Transportation
Balancing work and school life can be a hassle. With a continually decreasing number of classes being offered online, it can be hard to get everywhere you need to be throughout the day. Additionally, having work meetings scheduled at intervals at different places throughout the day can make this almost impossible at times. This requires back and forth from different buildings on campus and leads to large amounts of time spent commuting. Does the PMO team offer anything to help its team members with this problem? Yes we do!
As members of the PMO team, we have access to request and check out service vehicles and parking permits to help us meet the demands of our day. These resources are at the ITB. They come with their own sets of rules and restrictions but are very easy to work with and incredibly helpful at times. Outside of just convenience, it is expected that we resort to these resources when asked to shuttle anyone on any work-related business. Using a personal car is not considered appropriate for this and should be avoided.
How do I utilize these resources? The two different resources we have available are service vehicles and parking permits. Service vehicles are cars available for you to use any time, and the parking permit is a hanging permit that allows you to use a personal vehicle to park in BYU parking lots. To use either, you need to first check availability and reserve them. After doing this, you will go pick up the resource from the front desk on the first floor at the time you reserved it. More detail regarding each check out process below.
To check availability and reserve a service car, head over to your outlook calendar and click “New Events” to create an event. Update the time to reflect the actual time you will need the car. Go to the “invite attendees” section and type “ITB_IT”. You will see a list of all available service cars and their corresponding color. Select a car and then double check that it works with the time you need it. After doing this, you will go to the first-floor reception desk and tell them you are there to get the keys for the *gold* service car (** whichever color car you reserved). They will give you a sheet for you to fill out, recording the time you checked the car out.
The parking pass is very similar. Follow all steps outlined above except type “ITB Parking Permit 1”. Again, double check the times and make sure it is available for when you need it. IMPORTANT**The parking permit is only allowed to be checked out for a maximum of 30 minutes, if you need to be somewhere longer, check out a service vehicle.** Go pick up the parking pass from the front desk at the time you reserved it.
Upon returning to the ITB, go straight to the front desk and return your resources. (Service vehicles are typically parked on the west side of the ITB, just make sure to park the car where you got it from). They may ask you to check the items in, or they may tell you that they will take care of it. Either way, congratulations! You just successfully utilized resources that are made available to make your life just a little bit easier. An awesome detail to highlight with both these resources is that you can park in service vehicle spots, so you can get some great parking spots during busy hours on campus. So there you have it! Just one more great way to save a little time and make your life easier. Go PMO!